Vanhorniidae
Vanhorniidae is a family of parasitic wasps belonging to the Proctotrupoidea. There are only two extant genera, Heloriserphus and Vanhornia, which are native to the Northern Hemisphere.[1][2] They are parasitoids of beetle larvae belonging to the family Eucnemidae.[3]
| Vanhorniidae | |
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| Specimen of Vanhornia eucnemidarum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Proctotrupoidea |
| Family: | Vanhorniidae |
References
- Moon Bo Choi, Jong Wook Lee (2012) First record of Vanhorniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 59-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2011.08.003.
- K.N. Kleiner, P. Hanson, J. Pickering (2019) First Record of Vanhorniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidae) from Florida. Florida Entomologist 102(1): 257-258. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.102.0147
- Hogan, Joshua; Bass, Amber; Zhang, Y. Miles; Sharanowski, Barbara (2019-07-16). "Integrating multiple sources of biodiversity information greatly expands the range of a rare species of Hymenoptera (Vanhorniidae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 7: e37569. doi:10.3897/BDJ.7.e37569. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 6650442. PMID 31360098.
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